Metallic hoop or band.



S. & T. SVENSON.

' METALLIC HOOP 0R BAND.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, 1910.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

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METALLIC HOOP OR BAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1911.

Application filed April 14, 1910. Serial No. 555,465.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, SVEN SvnNsoN and TonIAs SVENSON, citizens of theUnited States, residing at La Crosse, Wisconsin, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Metallic Hoops or Bands, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our present invention relates to improvements in metallic barrel hoops,bale ties and the like, and the object of the invention is to provide aone-piece hoop with integral fastoning means which shall be of maximumstrength and durability, and which may be produced at a minimum cost.

The invention includes the novel features particularly set forth in theappended claim.

A hoop constructed in accordance with our invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the hoop or band with the endsseparated, and Fig. 2 is a view of the ends interlocked. Figs. 3, 4 and5 are views of a modification. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view.

1 Referring by reference characters to this drawing the numeral 5designates the band which is constructed of sheet metal in the ordinarymanner except at the ends which are shaped to form a special fasteningor connecting means which constitutes the present invention. The twoends 5 and 5", which are to be connected, are cut on the bias to provideopposing and correspondingly inclined edges as shown, and these edgesare provided with notches or cut away portions 6, formin hook shapedprojections 7. The hooks of %)0th portions are of the same shape andarrangement, so that both ends of the hoop may be shaped by the use inopposite directions and when the hoop or band has been drawn around thearticle upon which it is to be used and the two ends engaged as shown,it will be seen that a plurality of interlocking points of engagementare provided disposed at intervals and extending practically the fulllength of the band. At the same time the two ends of the loop or bandare in alinement so that the joint presents the a pearance of apractically continuous hoop. wing to the hook shape of the projectionsaccidental disengagement of the parts is practically impossible.

In the form shown in Fig. 5 the lugs, instead of being hook shapedextend at right angles to the line of the band. By this arrangement thelugs all line on one side, leaving the band orhoop with a perfectlysmootli surface on the other side.

Having thus described our invention what we claim is l v A metallic hoopor band having at its 0pposite ends reversely inclined side edges pr0vided with opposing interlocking projections, the projections at eachedge being alternately inclined in opposite directions out of the planeof the band.

In testimony whereof, we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

SVEN SVEN SON. TOBIAS SVENSQN. Witnesses:

JAMES THOMPSON, Gno. P. BUMP.

